Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The scope of this call for proposals is to support higher education institutions in gradually achieving their long-term ambitious vision towards becoming a fully-fledged European University.
European Universities aim to promote common European values by bringing together a new generation of Europeans who are able to cooperate and work within different European and global cultures, in different languages, and across borders, sectors and academic disciplines. Also they aim to reach a substantial leap in quality, performance, attractiveness and international competitiveness and enable deep institutional transformation of involved European higher education institutions.
This objective will be achieved through a twofold approach:
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TOPIC 1: European Universities – Intensification of prior deep institutional transnational cooperation
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TOPIC 2: European Universities – Development of new deep institutional transnational cooperation
Detailed Call Description
Topic 1: this call topic will provide support for already existing deep institutional transnational cooperation alliances including – but not limited to – the European Universities alliances selected under the 2019 Erasmus+ call for proposals. The aim is to build upon the institutional cooperation achieved so far and to further deepen, intensify and expand the effectiveness of this existing cooperation to advance the higher education transformation process towards fully fledged ‘European Universities’.
Topic 2: this call topic will provide support for applicants wishing to establish new deep institutional transnational cooperation in a new ‘European Universities’ alliance.
The European Universities initiative responds to a long-term vision that has the potential to transform the institutional cooperation between higher education institutions and bring it to the next level.
European Universities’ will reach the above aims by gradually implementing the following specific objectives:
- Develop and implement an integrated long-term joint strategy for education
- Establish a European higher education inter-university ‘campus‘
- Build European knowledge-creating teams (“challenge-based approach”)
(further details p. 5-7 of the work program)
In addition, ‘European Universities’ should progressively build their capacity to act as models of good practice to further increase the quality, international competitiveness and attractiveness of the European higher education landscape.
Applicants can submit a proposal that aims either to support existing alliances (Topic 1) or to set-up new alliances (Topic 2) going beyond any existing bilateral and multilateral cooperation, through a step-by-step approach towards deeper institutionalised transnational cooperation and gradually achieving the long-term ambitious vision for European Universities. This action will test different innovative and structural models for implementing and achieving the long-term vision that has the potential to transform the institutional cooperation between higher education institutions and bring it to the next level. They will have the possibility to associate academic and nonacademic partners from the world of work and to grow at a later stage.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
80%
Thematic Categories
- Education and training
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Social Affairs & Human Rights
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- Educational Institutions
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- State-owned Enterprises
- Training Centres
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- Be legal entities (public or private bodies).
- Be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)).
- Non-EU countries: third countries associated to the Erasmus+ Programme
The applicants (potential beneficiaries and their affiliated entities if any) must be:
- Higher Education Institutions holding a valid Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE)
- Higher Education Institutions already involved in deep institutional transnational cooperation, such as those being part of European Universities selected under the 2019 Erasmus+ call.
- Higher Education Institutions wishing to establish new deep institutional transnational cooperation in a new alliance.
- Any other organisation consisting of the above referred higher education institutions – specifically set up with the purpose of implementing deep institutional transnational cooperation, including joint educational activities.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Foundation for the Management of European (EU) Lifelong Learning Programmes
www.erasmusplus.cy
info@llp.org.cy
Tel: +357 22 448 888
Youth Board of Cyprus
www.erasmusplus.cy
erasmusplus@onek.org.cy
Tel: +357 22 402 644
(Publish Date: 09/12/2021-for internal use only)
EU Contact Point
European Education and Culture Executive Agency:
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/contacts_en